Would Mike Utley be the same Michael Utley who has been keyboardist, producer, frequent cowriter, and member of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band the last 30+ years? If so, he's doing just fine. He could buy Rita Coolidge and make her do unspeakable things that would make your brown eyes blue!
DwDunphy
· 11 months ago
Probably. Which explains the weird shout-out in the middle of "Volcano", being, "Mistah UT-lay!"
David_E
· 11 months ago
One and the same, apparently. Though you should take my affirmation with a pinch of lost salt.
DavidMedsker
· 11 months ago
My opinion of "You Light Up My Life" was changed forever when I saw a YouTube clip of Patti freaking Smith singing it on an episode of "Kids Are People Too." Strange and surreal, but ultimately a huge vindication of the song. Check it out.
As for blue/brown eyes: I'm pretty sure "third eye blind" is a reference to one's most-brown eye (not the winker, the stinker!).
Anyhoo, do you think Rita Coolidge got her hair ironing tips from Crystal Gayle?
Thank you for recognizing Barry Gibb as the leonine genius he is.
jefito
· 11 months ago
"Leonine genius" = phrase of the month!
DwDunphy
· 11 months ago
Leonine genius = what the hell are those falsetto freaks ACTUALLY singing?!
David Foster
· 11 months ago
Aw man, I'm busted.
terje
· 11 months ago
Woo-hoo
Ray
· 11 months ago
Ooooooh, "Heaven on the 7th Floor"!!! Longtime guilty pleasure of mine.
BTW, doesn't that "doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo Waaaah..." right before the first verse sound like something that eventually morphed into the Mentos commercial music???
amy777
· 10 months ago
when is chart attack coming back? or did i just miss the ones posted since 12/5?
jefito
· 10 months ago
Next Friday. Mark your calendar!
GW
· 9 months ago
"You Light Up My Life" -- I recall listening to Casey's countdown of the top ... hmmm, either 40 or 100 ... of the 1970's. This song was #1, natch. Casey said it was also the biggest hit of "the past 25 years." Serious hit.
Hated the song when it came out for the cerebral but good reason that I thought it did not deserve to be #1 for all those weeks, a reaction which kicked in well before week #10. Decades later, having heard it on average of at most once a year since it departed the weekly charts, I can appreciate the song to a point. Yeah, call it a "soft spot."
Utterly sincere vocal performance. I might even call it inspired. Having been worn down by years of faux emotiveness from Diane Warren and Celine Dion, try as I might to avoid them, my resistance is weak.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agl4IvNnQPo
Anyhoo, do you think Rita Coolidge got her hair ironing tips from Crystal Gayle?
Thank you for recognizing Barry Gibb as the leonine genius he is.
BTW, doesn't that "doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo Waaaah..." right before the first verse sound like something that eventually morphed into the Mentos commercial music???
Hated the song when it came out for the cerebral but good reason that I thought it did not deserve to be #1 for all those weeks, a reaction which kicked in well before week #10. Decades later, having heard it on average of at most once a year since it departed the weekly charts, I can appreciate the song to a point. Yeah, call it a "soft spot."
Utterly sincere vocal performance. I might even call it inspired. Having been worn down by years of faux emotiveness from Diane Warren and Celine Dion, try as I might to avoid them, my resistance is weak.
Will have to give the Patti Smith version a hear.